This Week in Dog News
Apartment owners are animal lovers these days. Apartments.com reported more landlords have loosened their pet policies over the past 18 months. The online apartment listing firm says landlords are responding to the spike in demand from renters searching for pet-friendly digs. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some renters are homeowners displaced by foreclosures who have taken their pets with them, while others are longtime renters with pets looking to upgrade during a soft market. “There are more people who inquire [about renting] who have pets,” said Camille Stuteville, a property manager at Crown Hill Apartments in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. >>Landlords loosen pet policies during recession (6.27.09)
Dogs will eat just about anything they can get their teeth onto and even the most scrupulous pet-proofing doesn’t guarantee that your dog won’t scarf down something like a chicken bone or sock or piece of string that could endanger his health, or even his life. When dogs eat bad things, it can cost somewhere up to between $1,000 and $3,000. According to case files compiled by the American Kennel Club, some of the strange household items dogs swallow and the cost of removing them, include: corncob, $1,915; chicken bone, $2,700; string, $5,000; socks, $2,205; threaded needle, $2,329; toy, $2,436; kitchen towel, $3,738; glove, $1,138; doll head, $1,014; lobster tail, $1,310; hand warmer: $1,424 and rubber ball: $1,418 >>Dog eat bad stuff? Fix can be costly (6.29.09)
Eighty percent of Canadians believe Canada’s airlines should offer some pet-free flights to protect the health and safety of passengers and crew members, according to a new survey released today by The Canadian Lung Association. The findings come as Air Canada prepares to join WestJet in allowing pets to travel in the passenger cabin of airplanes – pet allergens can trigger serious or even life-threatening reactions in people with lung diseases like asthma and COPD. “If someone brings a dog or cat onto an airplane and there’s someone with asthma on board, it can trigger a potentially fatal asthma attack,” said Dr. Peter MacLeod, medical spokesperson for The Canadian Lung Association, “While such attacks would be rare if your asthma or COPD are properly managed, it would take just one fatal case to have these policies reversed, and it’s a shame if it comes to that. From our perspective it is better to be safe now with the health of Canadian travelers and air crew, then sorry later.” >>80% Of Canadians Want Airlines To Offer Pet-Free Flights: Lung Association Poll (6.29.09)
Pabst the boxer mix reclined Sunday on his bed in Citrus Heights, a rare moment in a flurry of photo shoots and national press interviews since being named World’s Ugliest Dog and taking the title from the dominant breed – the hairless Chinese crested. But owner Miles Egstad doesn’t see ugly in his 4-year-old, 60-pound dog. >>Pabst the blue ribbon dog takes world’s ugliest title (6.29.09)
A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport. Officials at Chicago’s O’Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on document was fine, but authorities in Miami rejected it and wouldn’t let him board the southbound aircraft. >>But the dog ate my passport … (6.30.09)
After years of unsuccessfully trying to ban dog racing in New Hampshire, the business is about to voluntarily fold on its own. Officials with the state’s two remaining tracks at Seabrook and Belmont told the state Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission they planned to end live racing this summer. Rockingham Park in Salem will keep its commitment to have live harness racing this summer. A companion bill to the state budget (HB 2) that Gov. John Lynch is likely to sign later today gives all track owners the option of having live racing or existing solely to take bets on races run at other tracks. >>NH dog racing business about to turn up its toes (6.30.09)
The Snip-the-Roamers bill got the thumbs up this morning from the California Assembly’s Committee on Business and Professions – which means it is just two steps away from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk. Senate Bill 250, The Pet Responsibility Act, was approved 6-3, reports Judie Mancuso, the Orange County force behind the bill. (Snip-the-Roamers was approved by the state Senate earlier this month.) >>Controversial pet spay-neuter law gets closer to governor’s desk (6.30.09)
A Washington State couple has a new pet. So what’s so special? It’s a month-old giraffe they’re raising at their Spokane County home. Karson enjoys drinking milk and loves to scamper across the grass on the 13-acre spread he shares with five wallaroos and two kangaroos. This ‘pet’ will soon be put to work. His job will be to breed with a female giraffe at a 12,000-acre ranch he’ll be moved to in a few months. >>Pet giraffe? (6.30.09)
Crown Prince Haakon, heir to the Norwegian throne, has added a pet dog to the royal household, local media reported Friday. Milly Kakao, a four-month old mix of Labrador Retriever and Standard Poodle, has settled in well with the royal family, news agency NTB reported. The dog was photographed with Haakon’s children. The Norwegian poodle club appeared none to happy with the choice, expressing concern the royal mutt could create a surge in demand for the mixed breed, NTB said. King Harald has owned several English Setters and there is a statue of his father, the late King Olav, accompanied by his poodle, Troll. >>Norwegian crown prince’s family gets pet dog (7.3.09)
This Week In Dog News (Saturday, June 27, 2009 – Friday, July 3, 2009)
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